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Return of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department— continued.

Date of Casualty. Vessel's Name, Age, and Class. Rig. I g cJ J Number of -cH ce »B C PassenCargo. N.iturc of Number of Lives Casualty. lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Wind. Direction. Force. rinding of Court of Inquiry. Same of Master. ! 1905. Dec. 31 \ Oban. 9 years.. Scow .. 39 3 Coal .. Partly sub- | merged 3 Wellington Heads N. W. I Moderate When being towed from Baring Head by the D. W. McKentug "Duco".the vessel sank suddenly by zie. |V by the head, and the three men on board ft* were washec 1 overboard and drowned Moderate nAccording to statement of master and pilot, F. W. Cox. the cause is attributed to bad steering and inefficient propeller. Weight of cargo was about 117 tons, and ship was Aot loaded to within 6 in. of her Plimsoll mark Moderate Strong ebb tide canted vessel .. .. J. C. Felgate. ,," 31 i Kapiti, s.s., 3 Schooner years Ml 10 Butter : Stranded : no loss Patea River 1906. Jan. 1 Marere. s.s., 4 Schooner years Feb. 2 Te Kapu. s.s. .. j Schooner 4159 56 ! I General Stranded; no damage General Grounded ; no damage Bluff Harbour Karamea S.W. 50 „ I 6 I S.W. S.W. 5.W. Light .. The scow " Haere," not following the tug, J. G. Gilbert touched the bank, causing steamer to take son. the ground Strong While going alongside Bluff Wharf, towline Robert Neville. gale parted and vessel drifted alongside sandbank through force of gale Hard gale Bowsprit carried away in heavy gale .. P. J. Ewing. I ,, 20 Ma lie no, tur- Schooner bine, less than 1 year ,, 22 Jessie Nicol, 34 Schooner years Mar. 13 Tuariki .. Oil-launch 3276 116 307 General Grounded ; no damage Bluff Harbour 93 7 General Bowsprit carried awav Timber Sunk Between Bluff and Macquarie Island Pelorus Sound S.W. I 2 4 Squally Struck by squall .. .. .. Peter Johnson. ,, 17 Haere, 3 years j Schooner 99 5 I Sawn ; Stranded ; no timber. damage Karamea River W.N.W. .N.W S.E. V. Slight .. Tug which had vessel in tow grounded inside Christian the bar, and "Haere," having lost steerage- Stenersen. way, was pulled on to the end of the spit when the tug got a strain on again. Unavoidable accident Squally Error in judgment in estimating distance of William Arthui ship from land Wildman. j „ 29 -Alexander, s.s., I Schooner 2 years 185 16 | 1 Ballast Stranded; no damage Collinet Point, Elmslie Bay, French Pass S.E.